Fiscina S
Leg Med. 1980:247-60.
As an implied condition of the physician-patient relationship, an attending physician is expected to safeguard confidential information that he has obtained in order to effectively treat his patient. There are two components of the legal protection given to physician-patient communicaions. One is statutorily determined and is referred to as a privileged communication. The other has evolved through common law and is known as the doctrine of confidential communication. Their respective applications are distinct.
作为医患关系的一项默示条件，主治医生应当保护其为有效治疗患者而获取的机密信息。给予医患沟通的法律保护有两个组成部分。一个是由法律规定的，被称为特权通信。另一个是通过普通法演变而来的，被称为保密通信原则。它们各自的适用是不同的。
